[Illustration] [Illustration] GREAT EVENTS IN THE HISTORY OF NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA; FROM THE ALLEGED DISCOVERY OF THE CONTINENT, BY THE NORTHMEN, IN THE TENTH CENTURY, TO THE PRESENT TIME; WITH BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF EMINENT MEN CONNECTED WITH AMERICAN HISTORY. BY CHARLES A. GOODRICH, AUTHOR OF "UNITED STATES' HISTORY," "LIVES OF THE SIGNERS OF THE DECLARATION OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE," &c., &c. ILLUSTRATED WITH UPWARDS OF TWO HUNDRED ENGRAVINGS, CHIEFLY FROM ORIGINAL DESIGNS, BY EMINENT ARTISTS. HARTFORD: PUBLISHED BY HOUSE & BROWN 1851. ENTERED, ACCORDING TO ACT OF CONGRESS, IN THE YEAR 1849, BY CHARLES A. GOODRICH, IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT COURT OF CONNECTICUT. FOUNDRY OF S. ANDRUS AND SON, HARTFORD. PRESS OF WALTER S. WILLIAMS, HARTFORD. PREFACE. The plan of the following work, whatever may be thought of its execution, will commend itself, it is believed, to the taste and judgment of the public. It proceeds upon the principle of _selection_, being chiefly confined to the _Great Events_ of American History, and which are treated of as _distinct subjects_. In these respects, the work differs from other historical works on the same subject.